Schools Programme Updates
We are delighted to share our latest Impact Figures for the 2024 – 25 academic year, in which Eastside delivered 2,114 creative workshops reaching 56,275 young people across the country. And we’re just getting started – we hope to reach even more in the year ahead!
Spoken Word Power
Earlier this year, we worked with Primary, Secondary and SEND schools from across London on our flagship poetry programme, Spoken Word Power. One of these schools was The Village School in Brent.
We sent our film crew in to see what the students and their poet in residence, Justin, had been up to during the project and to hear some of the student’s final performances of their own original spoken word poetry. Watch the video below to hear from the students themselves.
These powerful voices showcase exactly why we’re passionate about making poetry accessible to all young people.
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Spoken Word Power at the Village School
Creativity Live: Celebrating Diversity
We’re excited to share that during the 9th October Creativity Live: Celebrating Diversity livestream, we will be trialling live captioning for the first time. We’re working with a specialist Speech-to-Text Reporter to provide real-time subtitles during the livestream.
This trial is an important step in making our livestreams more inclusive and accessible for all students, including those who are d/Deaf, hard of hearing, or benefit from reading along.
This free interactive livestream workshop is for KS2 students across the country, where they will use drama and poetry to celebrate Black History Month, embedding equality, diversity & inclusion into classrooms.
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Inclusion Through the Arts: Evidence and Practice from Schools
SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday 12th November, 13:30
Join East Ed, Arts Council England, Eastside, EKO Pathways Special School, Sandringham Primary, and Little Ilford Secondary School for an inspiring afternoon of learning, collaboration, and practical strategies to support inclusive creative practice in schools.
This free CPD session for East London-based educators will share insights from an Arts Council England action research project delivered in Newham by Eastside, bringing together schools, arts organisations, and sector leaders.
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Working with Compton Consultancy
Times remain challenging for Eastside and the charity sector more widely. At Eastside we are pleased to have been awarded a grant from The Reach Fund to help us grow our income streams. As a result, Eastside is delighted to be working closely with specialist fundraising organisation Compton Consultancy to develop an innovative new plan to work much more closely with individual and family donors, corporations and trusts to ensure we can sustain and grow our wonderful work.
If you would like to help Eastside grow and change the lives of even more young people, please get in touch with Eastside CEO Matt Lane (matt@eastside.org.uk), or head to our website to give the gift of creativity today.